Sexual Minority Youth in the Heartland: Issues and Methods for Youth-serving Professionals
Feb 24, 2002
Every school, every youth group, every community should have at least one clearly identifiable person who understands the needs of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth. You need to be that person. The empirical evidence that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) youth constitute an at-risk group is overwhelming. Gay and lesbian youth are at significantly greater risk than their heterosexual peers for physical assault, verbal harassment, suicide, alcohol and drug abuse, family conflict, homelessness, prostitution, and HIV/STD infection.
"Sexual Minority Youth in the Heartland: Issues and Methods for Youth-serving Professionals" (SMYHL) offers a wide-ranging variety of workshops and panels designed to give professionals the competence and confidence they need to assist GLBT youth successfully. Over a three- day period, this conference will provide accredited training for 200 teachers, counselors, principals, social workers, mental health professionals, nurses, and youth group leaders to learn about the health and social-service needs of LGBT youth, especially in rural areas, where the need is typically greater, the services less available and the social climate more hostile. SMYHL exploits the outstanding scholarly resources at Indiana University--such as the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction and the Rural Center for HIV/STD Prevention--and supplements those resources with an exciting roster of nationally known experts. Among them is former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders, the conference's keynote speaker.
To held in in July 2002 at the Indiana Memorial Union (IMU) on the campus of Indiana University located close to downtown Bloomington, Indiana. All meetings and many activities will take place in the IMU.
Go to http://www.iub.edu/~glbtyou/ for more information.
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